Tijana Dapčević

Tijana Dapčević presenting herself, 2014.

Tijana Dapčević (Macedonian: Тијана Дапчевиќ, Serbian: Тијана Дапчевић, Serbian pronunciation: [tǐjana dâptʃeʋitɕ], née Todevska, Macedonian: Тијана Тодевска, Serbian: Тијана Тодевска, born 3 February 1976) also known as simply Tijana, is a Macedonian pop singer performing mainly in Serbia. She speaks Macedonian, Serbian, English, and Italian.

Early life

Tijana was born in Skopje to a Macedonian father Velko Todevski and a mother from Bosnia and Herzegovina Branka. She has a younger sister Tamara, and is married to Milan Dapčević, a Serbian businessman.

Career

One of her hit songs is "Sve je isto, samo njega nema" (All Is The Same, Only He Is Not Here), he being former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. The track has parts of the song in all of the former Yugoslavia's languages; Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian.

She won the "Sunčane skale" festival in Herceg Novi in 2002 with the song "Negativ" composed by Darko Dimitrov, included on her second studio album with the same title. She has also won first place on the "Serbian Radio Festival-Feras" in 2006 with the song "Julijana".

During Evropesma 2006 (The Song for Europe in the former Serbia and Montenegro), Tijana was placed in 8th place receiving 27 points with the song "Greh" ("Sin"). "Greh" was included on her nest album Žute minute, which was released in the summer of 2007.

Eurovision Song Contest 2014

On 28 August 2013, Tijana Dapčević was selected by Macedonian Radio Television to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.^[1] Dapčević will compete in the second semi-final of the competition on 8 May 2014 with the song "To the Sky".^[2]

Tijana's younger sister Tamara Todevska has participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and was a backing vocalist for Tijana in 2014.^[3]

Dapčević placed 13th in the 2nd semi-final with 33 points and did not progress to the final.

Covers

Covers of Tijana's songs

Discography

• Kao da... (2001)
• Negativ (2002)
• Zemlja mojih snova (2004)
• Žuta minuta (2007)
• Muzika (2010)

References

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External links

• Official Website

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ivana Banfić	Sunčane Skale winner 2002	Succeeded by Bojan Marović
Preceded by Marija Šerifović	Music Festival Budva winner 2005	Succeeded by Incanto
Preceded by N/A	Plesom do snova winner Season 1 (2007 with Vojislav Kaluđerović)	Succeeded by Ognjen Amidžić & Dragana Krdu
Preceded by Vlatko Lozanoski & Esma Redžepova with "Pred da se razdeni"	Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014	Succeeded by Daniel Kajmakoski with "Lisja esenski"

Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1990s Kaliopi 1997 Vlado Janevski 1999 2000s XXL 2001 Karolina Gočeva 2003 Toše Proeski Martin Vučić Elena Risteska Karolina Gočeva Tamara, Vrčak and Adrian Next Time 2010s Gjoko Taneski, Billy Zver & Pejčin Vlatko Ilievski Kaliopi Esma and Lozano Tijana Daniel Kajmakoski Kaliopi
Songs 1990s "Samo ti" 1997 "Ne zori, zoro" (Не зори, зоро) 1999 2000s "100% te ljubam" 2001 "Od nas zavisi" 2003 "Life" "Make My Day" "Ninanajna" "Mojot svet" "Let Me Love You" "Nešto što kje ostane" 2010s "Jas ja imam silata" "Rusinka" "Crno i belo" "Pred da se razdeni" "To the Sky" "Autumn Leaves" "Dona"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Macedonia did not compete)